Environmental health issues refer to problems that may be caused to your health due to external factors. Humans have evolved good mechanisms for dealing with those threats that have existed for a long time but newly introduced health exposures can cause modern day problems. Most of us know of a child affected by asthma where this is triggered by an exposure influence.
Environmental toxins
Under the heading environmental toxins we can include chemical health hazards, radiation sources, pesticides and the major concern of air pollution and health.
We can come into contact with some chemical health hazards through our own choices such as drugs, smoking, passive smoking or general just around in the workplace or at home. Environmental toxins are all around us but not all of us get sick so what makes the difference each individual.
Environmental health hazards
The influence on our health from each these environmental health hazards may be magnified if we have an inherited weakness (genetic predisposition).
The correlation between environmental health hazards and heart disease is being studied. This link will take you to an expert article on the subject. It would seem that heart disease can be brought on by exposure to environmental health issues so it would be important to you to know if you have an inherited weakness. One of the ways to look for a genetic predisposition is to study your family tree to look for the number of relatives who have had heart problems.
If you perform your assessment then this will tell you the additional risk of you having heart disease that comes from your family tree.
Environmental health issues could be affecting your health in many ways including cardiovascular disease. | 
